The Investigative Committee opened a case on the death of two people in a fire in the Sverdlovsk village.

A criminal case has been opened in the Sverdlovsk region over the deaths of two people in a fire in an apartment building. This was reported to the news agency " <url>" in the regional SU of the Investigative Committee of Russia.

The fire occurred on the evening of December 26 in the village of Kalya. During the extinguishing, rescuers found the bodies of two adults without signs of life.

The investigative committee opened a criminal case on the incident under Part 3 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Causing death by negligence."

According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the fire area was 40 square meters. m. Four people sought medical help, 10 people evacuated the building on their own.

At the same time, according to the news agency, Valery Gorelykh, head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Sverdlovsk region, issued a statement about the fire site.

"The information published in a number of media outlets that the fire allegedly occurred on the territory of a private boarding house is not true. The fire occurred in an apartment building," Gorelykh said.

The circumstances of the incident are being established.

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